HISTORY
Over the last twelve years, the Institute for Urban and Minority in
Education at Teachers College, Columbia University has designed
technology-based programs designed to work with urban youth. IUME
established the Center for Urban Youth and Technology
(CUYT) four years ago to consolidate these programs. CUYT is now
located at the State University of New York at Albany in the School
of Education.
CUYT is concerned with the following questions. How do we begin to
bridge the technology gap in this country, specifically in the inner city
area? How do we provide services and training to the economically
disadvantaged who may not otherwise get this opportunity? How do we
expose this population to the new technologies, i.e., video production,
computers, teletext, networking, telecommunications, etc. Consequently,
the decision was reached to target students, aged 12-19, who are beginning
to make decisions concerning career options and higher education. Many of
these students would not ordinarily have been exposed to current
applications of the new technologies. We are also concerned about the
larger community in urban centers and focus on the needs of teachers in
schools and parents.
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